Audi Q3
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| Audi Q3 | |
|---|---|
| Overview | |
| Manufacturer | Audi AG |
| Production | 2010- |
| Assembly | Ingolstadt, Germany |
| Body and chassis | |
| Class | sport utility vehicle |
| Body style | 3-door Compact SUV |
| Layout | Front engine, quattro on-demand four wheel drive |
| Platform | Volkswagen Group A5 (PQ35) platform |
| Related | Volkswagen Tiguan |
The Audi Q3 is an automobile manufactured by Audi AG of Germany that is expected to debut commercially in 2010. The three-door only crossover will be aimed as more of a lifestyle/sports car, rather than for the family/off-road market its larger Q5 & Q7 siblings aim for. The Q3 will slot above the proposed Audi Q1. The car will use the Volkswagen Group A5 (PQ35) platform of the Volkswagen Golf Mk5, the same as the Volkswagen Tiguan small SUV.
The car will combine a transverse engine layout with flexible steering and suspension offers. The Q3 will borrow many Golf Mk5, or possibly Golf Mk6, components, such as a Direct-Shift Gearbox (DSG) twin-clutch gearbox transmission and a 147 kW (197 hp) 2.0 FSI turbo engine featured in the current Golf GTI. The car should also feature a 171 kW (229 hp) 3.0 turbo-diesel V6 & a 210 kW (282 hp) 3.6 FSI V6 for the flagship, the Q3S.
While the car should be available in both front-wheel drive (FWD), and quattro "on-demand" four-wheel drive variants, there will be no height-adjustable suspension, lockable differentials or low-range gearing. Instead, the car will feature larger wheels and a sports suspension.
The car has been approved due to the declining sales large SUV's are currently experiencing, and the public's healthier appetite for smaller crossovers. The company is targeting niche markets to reach its ambitious sales targets, and the Q3 is part of these plans. The production name will undergo change from "Q3" to another name as an agreement with carmaker Infiniti stipulates. Various Audi concept cars have debuted with the name "Cross Coupe" and this name is a possibility for the production Q3.
References
- Stein, Jason, Audi to build Q5 SUV, Q3 may be next, AutoWeek, February 3, 2006 (URL last accessed October 18, 2006).
- Future Models (2009), Channel 4 News (UK), July 14, 2006 (URL last accessed October 18, 2006).
- 2011 Audi Q3, Automobile Magazine, November 1, 2006 (URL last accessed October 18, 2006).
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